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Heracles Almelo v FC Utrecht : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Polman Stadion, Almelo

The Eredivisie is the focus for both Heracles Almelo and FC Utrecht on Friday evening, as bosses Bas Sibum and Ron Jans face one another at the Polman Stadion. In this preview you'll find odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for the 17 biggest betting markets plus predictions, stats and head to head (H2H) data for these two clubs. Simply click through the tabs below to explore.

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Heracles Almelo's next match is v AZ Alkmaar at 13:30 on Sunday 15th March
FC Utrecht's next match is v Twente at 11:15 on Sunday 15th March
The last Dutch Eredivisie meeting between Heracles and Utrecht was on Friday 6th March 2026
Dutch Eredivisie
March 6th 2026
Heracles 0
0 Utrecht
 
HER
FCU
Shots On
3
3
Shots Off
7
9
Corners
4
12
Possession
47%
53%
Fouls
13
17
Yellow/red cards
1/0
1/0
 
HeraclesUtrecht
 
J. Wieckhoff (B. Limbombe 81')
R. Pasveer
D. Mirani
A. Van Hoorenbeeck
I. Mesík
J. Žambůrek (S. Scheperman 62')
E. Ahlstrand (M. Benita 62')
R. Bozinovski (T. Bruns 78')
N. Ünüvar (T. van Gilst 61')
L. Zeefuik
A. Hrustic
V. Barkas
(S. Horemans 90') M. van der Hoorn
S. Elkarouani
(J. Karlsson 73') Y. Cathline
(D. Min 73') A. Stepanov
D. de Wit
N. Viergever
M. Didden
G. Zechiël
A. Engwanda
(M. Rodríguez Vidal 69') Ángel Galiot

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Best Tip: Both teams to score

Both Utrecht and Heracles supporters should have some reason to cheer as their sides go head-to-head, with a match prediction of both teams to score looking a far more convincing pick than any bet on the WDW market. The two sides have goals in them, as is borne out by the stats and past head-to-head data below. Even the bookies odds are not finding real separation between the sides, as striking power and defensive options suggest each team is capable of both scoring and conceding. Both teams to score is our top tip.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 41% chance of Utrecht coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Heracles
36%
21/1016/1
Draw
23%
5/21/12
Utrecht
41%
23/2010/1
Draw 1-1
10%
11/228/1
Utrecht 2-1
9%
8/1100/1
Heracles 2-1
8%
10/1125/1
Draw 2-2
7%
12/1150/1
Utrecht 1-0
6%
15/219/4
Heracles 1-0
6%
10/117/2
Utrecht 2-0
5%
10/133/1
Utrecht 3-1
5%
16/1150/1
Heracles 2-0
5%
16/155/1
Heracles 3-1
4%
25/1200/1
Utrecht 3-2
4%
25/1250/1
Heracles 3-2
4%
33/1150/1
Draw 0-0
4%
10/11/4
Utrecht 3-0
3%
20/1125/1
Heracles 3-0
3%
33/1125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
65%
17/20125/1
Under 2.5 Goals
35%
19/201/1000
Home 1st Goal
48%
11/1014/1
Away 1st Goal
50%
4/59/1
No 1st Goal
2%
10/11/14
BTTS - Yes
66%
7/1055/1
BTTS - No
34%
21/201/1000
BTTS - Home Win
22%
5/190/1
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/225/1
BTTS - Away Win
24%
10/370/1
Home/draw
59%
4/61/25
Away/draw
64%
4/111/150
Home/away
77%
2/76/1
Over 1.5 Goals
85%
1/445/1
Under 1.5 Goals
15%
11/41/1000
Over 3.5 Goals
43%
9/4125/1
Under 3.5 Goals
57%
1/31/1000
Over 4.5 Goals
24%
5/11/50
Under 4.5 Goals
76%
1/81/50
Over 5.5 Goals
12%
12/11/50
Under 5.5 Goals
88%
1/251/50
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/206/1
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
10/11/12
Home DNB
52%
5/48/5
Away DNB
57%
4/74/9
Heracles win to nil
14%
5/1-
Utrecht win to nil
16%
11/4-
Heracles / Heracles
16%
4/120/1
Heracles / Utrecht
4%
22/140/1
Heracles / Draw
6%
14/128/1
Draw / Heracles
11%
6/116/5
Draw / Utrecht
15%
9/211/8
Draw / Draw
15%
9/29/5
Utrecht / Heracles
3%
28/150/1
Utrecht / Utrecht
23%
5/211/1
Utrecht / Draw
6%
12/128/1
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

Heracles have played 25 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

25 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 18 games, drawn 2 and won 5. Heracles have conceded 65 goals, scored 32, failed to score in 10 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Heracles have played 12 games at home, winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 7 fixtures. They have scored 21 goals, conceded 28 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Utrecht lay in 8th place on 34 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 25 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below them in the table, winning 5, drawing 6 and losing 3 games. They have scored 24 goals and kept 2 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Utrecht have conceded 15 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Utrecht have played 12 away games, winning 3, drawing 4 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.6 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Heracles
Utrecht
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV2622224468 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
4-3A
l
 
1-2F
Apr 4
2
Feyenoord2615472049 
l
 
0-7A
l
 
4-2A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-2A
3
NEC2613762146 
l
 
1-4F
l
 
4-1A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-3F
4
Twente26111141844 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1F
Mar 15
5
Ajax26111141444 
Apr 11
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-1F
May 10
6
AZ Alkmaar261169139 
l
 
1-2A
Mar 15
w
 
2-0F
l
 
4-1A
7
S.Rotterdam2611510-1038 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
8
Heerenveen261079037 
l
 
0-3A
Apr 5
d
 
2-2F
d
 
1-1A
9
Utrecht26989735 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
4-0A
-
-
10
Groningen2610412034 
May 17
l
 
4-0A
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-2A
11
Fortuna269512-932 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1A
May 17
l
 
1-0A
12
GA Eagles266119-429 
w
 
4-2F
l
 
4-0A
Mar 22
d
 
2-2F
13
PEC Zwolle267811-1629 
w
 
8-2A
May 3
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-2F
14
FC Volendam267613-1527 
Apr 26
l
 
3-0A
w
 
3-1A
l
 
2-1A
15
Excelsior267514-1726 
Mar 20
w
 
1-2A
w
 
4-1F
Apr 26
16
Telstar265912-724 
d
 
1-1A
May 10
Apr 11
d
 
1-1A
17
NAC265813-1423 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1F
May 2
d
 
1-1A
18
Heracles265318-3318 
-
-
w
 
4-0F
d
 
0-00-0
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
UEFA Europa League Qualifiers
UEFA Conference League Qualifiers Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
4
Heracles have lost 4 consecutive league games
Heracles 18TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
4
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
41
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Heracles1 - 3PSV
Heracles0 - 1NAC
Heracles2 - 1Fortuna
Heracles0 - 2Twente
Heracles0 - 3Heerenveen
Heracles1 - 1Telstar
Heracles4 - 2GA Eagles
Heracles8 - 2PEC Zwolle
Heracles0 - 7Feyenoord
Heracles3 - 0S.Rotterdam
Heracles1 - 2AZ Alkmaar
Heracles1 - 4NEC
Heracles1 - 2NEC
Heracles1 - 4Feyenoord
Heracles1 - 0AZ Alkmaar
Heracles2 - 1Twente
Heracles4 - 2PEC Zwolle
Heracles4 - 2GA Eagles
Heracles1 - 1Groningen
Heracles1 - 1Utrecht
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
49
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
D
2
Lost
13
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HHeracles1 - 3PSV
AHeracles0 - 4GA Eagles
HHeracles0 - 1NAC
AHeracles1 - 4NEC
HHeracles2 - 1Fortuna
AHeracles2 - 4Feyenoord
HHeracles0 - 2Twente
AHeracles0 - 2S.Rotterdam
HHeracles0 - 3Heerenveen
AHeracles3 - 4PSV
HHeracles1 - 1Telstar
AHeracles1 - 1Fortuna
HHeracles4 - 2GA Eagles
AHeracles2 - 1Excelsior
HHeracles8 - 2PEC Zwolle
AHeracles0 - 3FC Volendam
HHeracles0 - 7Feyenoord
AHeracles1 - 2Twente
HHeracles3 - 0S.Rotterdam
AHeracles1 - 2NAC
Utrecht 9TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
5
Draw
9
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Groningen1 - 2Utrecht
NEC1 - 3Utrecht
Heerenveen1 - 1Utrecht
FC Volendam2 - 1Utrecht
NAC1 - 1Utrecht
GA Eagles2 - 2Utrecht
Telstar1 - 1Utrecht
AZ Alkmaar4 - 1Utrecht
Feyenoord3 - 2Utrecht
Fortuna1 - 0Utrecht
PEC Zwolle0 - 2Utrecht
S.Rotterdam2 - 1Utrecht
Fortuna0 - 0Utrecht
Twente2 - 0Utrecht
Waalwijk0 - 4Utrecht
GA Eagles2 - 2Utrecht
Willem II2 - 3Utrecht
PSV2 - 2Utrecht
PEC Zwolle3 - 3Utrecht
Heracles1 - 1Utrecht
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HUtrecht2 - 0AZ Alkmaar
HUtrecht1 - 1PEC Zwolle
AUtrecht2 - 1Groningen
AUtrecht3 - 1NEC
HUtrecht0 - 1Feyenoord
AUtrecht1 - 1Heerenveen
HUtrecht0 - 1S.Rotterdam
AUtrecht1 - 2FC Volendam
HUtrecht1 - 2PSV
AUtrecht1 - 1NAC
HUtrecht1 - 1Twente
AUtrecht2 - 2GA Eagles
AUtrecht1 - 1Telstar
HUtrecht2 - 1Ajax
HUtrecht1 - 0NEC
AUtrecht1 - 4AZ Alkmaar
HUtrecht3 - 1FC Volendam
AUtrecht2 - 3Feyenoord
HUtrecht2 - 2Heerenveen
AUtrecht0 - 1Fortuna
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Utrecht have not lost to Heracles in 5 consecutive league meetings
League games at Heracles since 2016
Heracles
Utrecht
Goals: Scored
15
20
Games: Scored
10 / 11
10 / 11
Clean sheets
1 / 11
1 / 11
HER
3
D
4
FCU
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Heracles
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 3Utrecht
Heracles1 - 0
Heracles4 - 1
1 - 3Utrecht
0 - 2Utrecht
1 - 5Utrecht
Draw2 - 2Draw
Heracles2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Utrecht since 2015
Utrecht
Heracles
Goals: Scored
22
6
Games: Scored
10 / 11
4 / 11
Clean sheets
7 / 11
1 / 11
HER
1
D
1
FCU
9
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Utrecht
Utrecht4 - 0
Utrecht1 - 0
Utrecht1 - 0
Utrecht1 - 0
Utrecht2 - 0
Utrecht3 - 0
Utrecht3 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Utrecht2 - 0
0 - 2Heracles
Utrecht4 - 2
Goal Statistics

Heracles Almelo's fans will be hoping for goals on Friday evening, not least because FC Utrecht have conceded in each of their last 7 Eredivisie matches. A PG of 1.6 for B. Sibum's side suggests that run should continue.

Heracles 18th Utrecht 9th
Kickoff prediction
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1.6
goals
1.7
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that Heracles will score 1 or more goals
0
18%
1
31%
2
26%
3
15%
4+
10%
There is a 82% probability that Utrecht will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+14
Heracles have scored 14% more goals at home than predicted
+6
Utrecht’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.8
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
2.1
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2025/2026 season
Heracles
PG (predicted goals)
Utrecht
1.6
1.7
Attack rating
HER
FCU
25%
better
view stats
Games scored15
21
Failed to score10
4
Scored first6
12
Goals scored32
38
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.5
Avg. shots per game9
10
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for14
15
Avg. XG for1.4
1.5
KickOff rating
+25%
Defence rating
HER
FCU
37%
better
view stats
Games conceded24
21
Clean sheets1
4
Conceded first19
13
Goals conceded65
31
Avg. goals conceded2.6
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded12
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
7
Conversion rate against21%
14%
Avg. XG against2
1.4
KickOff rating
+37%

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Heracles Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
25367
D MiraniD MiraniA Hrustic I Mesík
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Pasveer GLK4
-
J Wieckhoff DEF14
1
-
A Hoorenbeeck DEF182
3
-
D Mirani DEF253
5
-
I Mesík DEF252
7
-
J Žambůrek MID211
5
-
R. Bozinovski MID4
1
-
E Ahlstrand MID61
-
A Hrustic  MID2416
5
-
N Ünüvar MID61
1
-
L Zeefuik FWD82
3
-
Subs
R Mantel GLK
-
T Jansink GLK12
-
M Benita DEF19
4
-
D Kust DEF152
1
-
S Cestic DEF2
-
T Bruns MID211
2
-
S Scheperman MID91
1
-
B Limbombe FWD2013
1
-
T Gilst FWD201
2
-
Utrecht Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
265104
A. EngwandaG. ZechiëlS KarouaniA. Engwanda
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
V Barkas GLK25
-
M Didden  DEF191
3
-
M Hoorn  DEF211
1
-
N Viergever  DEF21
3
-
S Karouani DEF24210
2
-
A. Engwanda MID261
4
-
G. Zechiël MID2653
2
-
Ángel Galiot MID721
-
D Wit MID2042
3
-
Y Cathline MID1832
3
-
A. Stepanov FWD711
-
Subs
M Brouwer GLK2
-
M. Eppink GLK
-
S Horemans DEF201
1
-
E. Adeile DEF
-
O. Agougil DEF6
1
-
N. Viereck DEF
-
C Bozdogan MID161
-
D Min FWD173
1
-
J Karlsson FWD82
1
-
A Blake FWD1912
2
-
M Rodríguez FWD243
3
1